Nayarambalam is a coastal village on Vypeen island in Ernakulam District in the state of Kerala, India. The village is surrounded by Edavanakkad Grama Panchayat to the north, Narakkal Grama Panchayat to the south, the Arabian Sea to the west and Veeranpuzha to the east. This blog is a photographic documentation of Nayarambalam.

Pokkali cultivation is the traditional method in our paddy fields for centuries long. Its a cyclic method of paddy cultivation. After the harvest, the farmers switch Pokkali fields into shrimp farms using traditional methods. So Shrimps can eat the remains of paddy leaves and after the shrimp harvest is over again rice has been started cultivation. Then the excreta of the shrimps will be nutritios fertiliser.

Fish culture in rice fields is said to be practised between latitudes 20°N and 20°S and between 1,000 and 1,500 metres altitude (Schuster, 1955; Coche, 1967). Such regions are found in Preanger highlands of Java, the Batak areas in Sumatra, the inland areas in Madagascar and the Thailand region (Coche, 1957), but it is well recognized that several paddy growing areas exist at lower attitudes - the brackishwater paddy growing areas of Bengal (“Basabada”) and Kerala (“Pokkali”) in India are coastal based.

There are about 4,000 hectares of paddy fields under pokkali cultivation in Ernakulam district, while in Alappuzha the extent of pokkali cultivation is in about 3,000 hectares. These are the facts. But genaraly, Pokkali cultivation in kerala is about to reach its end.

One of the oldest High Schools in Nayarambalam. Managed by BhagavathyTemple Karayogam, Nayarambalam. Many Nayarambalam guys got high school education from this school. The same management runs another school - Devi Vilasam- in Lover Primary level at Veliyathamparambu, Nayarambalam.

Lobelia is the first English Medium School at Nayarambalam. May be it is the first English Medium School in Vypeen Island. MEANING OF LOBELIA I have asked so many people about the meaning of Lobelia, because I was hearing that name since my childhood. But nobody knows the meaning, including some of the teachers of the school. So I asked google, it returned some definitions. According to the Seach Engine giant, it is a kind of flower. Dictionary.com says its meaning as: 'Any of numerous plants of the genus Lobelia, having terminal racemes of variously colored flowers with a bilabiate corolla.'And Wikipedia says: 'Lobelia (also known as Indian Tobacco, Asthma Weed, Pukeweed, or Vomitwort) is a genus in the family Campanulaceae, comprising some 200 species, some of which are cultivated in gardens. These include Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower or Indian Pink), Lobelia siphilitica (Blue Lobelia), Lobelia fulgens and Lobelia erinus, as well as some hybrids.' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobelia) Wikipedia has some high res images of Lobelia:

•Googles Search results:•Lobelia is a useful systemic relaxants. It has a general depressant action on the central and autonomic nervous system and on neuro-muscular action. Its primary specific use is in bronchitic asthma and bronchitis. Lobeline is a powerful respiratory stimulant that will stimulate catarrhal secretion and expectoration while relaxing the muscles of the respiratory system. More reading?go: www.lamasbeauty.com/glossary/glossary_L.htm•LOBELIA_BOTANICAL_DETAILS Kingdom : Plantae • Division: Magnoliophyta • Class : Magnoliopsida • Order : Asterales • Family : Campanulaceae • Subfamily : Lobelioideae • Genus: Lobelia

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•It’s a public school with CBSE syllabus, managed by CMI Sisters. The school was inaugurated in 1995. This school is the only full fledged convent school in Nayarambalam village. There is a special school for mentally retarded children also run by the same convent.

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Situated almost at the northern end of Nayarambalam village, close to BVHS, opposite to Sankara Narayana Temple. Village office compound is generally called as Tube Well Ground (Kuzhal Kinar Maidanam).

Thursday, November 02, 2006

Karuna Special School For Mentally challenged Children Under the management of Sisters of St.George Carmel Convent.

The school is one of the well maintained special schools in Vypeen Island. Hundreds of students are getting quality education from here. The school team has won many festivals state and national levels.

One reader (who belongs to an NGO) requested to include the contact details of the school. Even though the school situates a stone's throw away distance from my home, I realized that I didn't have their contact details except its address. So one evening I just dropped in and met the principal and requested the details. With their proper permission, here I include their contact details.

Karuna Special School and Rehabilitation Society,Wadel, Nayarambalam P.O.

Ernakulam - 682509

Karuna Special School Contacts
Sr. Anchela, Principal (as of now in 2008)
Sr. Savoola, Manager (as of now in 2008)

CLICK_ON_THE_IMAGE_TO_ENLARGE•Infant Jesus Church, Nedungad, Nayarambalam. There is no detailed info about this church readily I have. If anyone who read this blog have any details, please send as comment

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•One of the ancient churches in the Island. Wadel Church's history lays back to one and a half century.
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[FOLLWOING INFORMATION ARE NOT CHECKED. IT HAS TO BE CORRECTED LATER]
•Family units

The parish contains more than 1000 families. The Parish is divided into 37 family units. Each unit has an average of 30 familes. Each unit has ten committee members including President, Vice-President, Secretary, Joint Secretary and Treasurer elected from among them. Their term of office is two years. Service Schedule-Sunday • 6.30 am • 8.30 am • 9.30 am
Tuesday • 6.30 am • 5.30 pm
Other days • 6.30 a.m • 7.15 a.mThe Holy Mass and Novena is held on every Tuesday as per schedule.

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[This article will be re-written later. This is only a scratch. Those who read this blog, please give me information on the service times and festival dates etc.]
•Immaculate Heart Church, Manattuparambu, Nayarambalam. (also known as Sacred Heart Church) A small chapel under St. George Church Wadel from 1954 and upgraded as a parish on 1998, Immaculate Heart Church, Manattuparambu, Nayarambalam soon became a popular pilgrimage centre in Vypeen Island. The church has been witnessed lots miracles. Thousands of people irrespective of cast, creed and colour who believe in miracles, regularly attend the holy mass here.
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Serivice Schedules:
Holy. Mass & Novena: Fridays - 6.30 a.m., 10.30 a.m., 5 p.m.

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Feast May 2nd Sunday, First Friday of the year
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Source: http://www.verapolyarchdiocese.org/shrine_sh_manattuparambu.htm

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

CLICK_ON_THE_IMAGE_TO_ENLARGESt. Joseph's Church Sanjopuram. Sanjopuram is a recently coined name in relation with the church's patron's name St. Joseph. Its a Roman Catholic Syrian Church consecrated on 1987. Before 1987 it was a tiny chappel (in the name of St. Joseph) under St. Mary's Church, Narakkal.
Sanjopuram is situated almost the southern area of Nayarambalam village in the side of Vypeen - Pallippuram State Highway. The place is popularly known as Kudungasserry vazhi.
Most Rev. Fr. Antony Perumayan, the First Vicar of the Church, take initiative to build the church and upgrade to the status of a parish.

The church is devided by 6 family units. There is a daily Mass everyday in the morning and 3 Holy Masses every Sundays.
(More details will be added later)
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Monday, October 02, 2006

Walking through these scenic village roads… Sometimes it gives me some mystical experiences. Sometimes nostalgia. Sometimes new hopes, new ideas… There are plenty of village roads are established in Nayarambalam village. Except some areas, most of the roads are physically in good condition.

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

There wasn’t any detailed information on Nayarambalam! I wondered! I was searching for some demographic details of Nayarambalam. There was some pages I go was considerably not so important. Some pages were from govt. sites containing statistical information that were outdated. That was the inspiration to start this blog and thus it born. Most of the content in this blog I collected from unofficial sources and so it may not be authentic. This is the first scratch only. Readers are requested to support me by sending your valuable comments and feedbacks along with their personality.

I am not aware of the previous history of some institutions because I have taken a minimal effort to collect such data. I hope that I can modify them with all of your cooperation.

And my dear reader, if you are a native of Nayarambalam, just drop me an email with your address. It will be useful to start a forum later.

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Nayarambalam. Its my land!

Undefinable is my relationship with Nayarambalam village. I love her, I worship. I born to her laps. I was grown in front of her. She witnessed my calm childhood and turbulent youth. I celebrated my life inside of her soul.